The Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (French: ''Centre d'Études Diplomatiques et Stratégiques'', CEDS) is an

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postgraduate school and a

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and

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headquartered in Paris. CEDS is the graduate and doctoral school of the Écoles des hautes études internationales et politiques (HEI-HEP), founded in 1899 by Émile Durkheim, Charles Seignobos, and Romain Rolland. In 1986,

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(

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and Paris Descartes University), initiated CEDS as a specialized graduate school for officers, diplomats, and future executives. It is accredited as a ''Premier College'' by the (

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. Initially a non-academic institution reserved to serving diplomats and either generals or senior officers, it also admits commissioned officers at large, executives, and senior civil servants (''hauts fonctionnaires'') linked to the diplomatic service. Among others, its Greek branch has educated the commanding officer of the

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's Frigate Command between him attending the Naval Postgraduate School and the

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Specific relationship with diplomats

Along with the

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, the CEDS is a ''de facto'' lever of the French diplomatic influence (''Action française à l'étranger''). It received French politician Jack Lang on September 25, 2009 for the inauguration of a Curriculum in International Relations delivered jointly with the ''Institut français à Athènes''. One of its academic advisers and professors is Carlos Antonio Carrasco, ambassador of Bolivia.

Faculty and research

Research

The CEDS edits the peer-reviewed

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''Enjeux Diplomatiques et Stratégiques''. It also publishes a limited number of its students' doctoral thesis as books either independently or via the publishing house ''l'Harmattan'' in Paris, in English, in the series "Diplomacy and Strategy".

Faculty

Military

The CEDS is formally associated to the French Joint Defence College and the ECOSOC of the

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. Among its faculty are antiterrorism and ICTY

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expert Raymond Carter, Jacques Walch of the French Army, and peace operations expert and

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representative Dominique Trinquand, who is also a former alumni of CEDS. Most of the military faculty of the CEDS also comes from the French Institut des hautes études de défense nationale.

Diplomatic

Ambassadors Michel Raimbaud (France), Carlos Carrasco (Bolivia), Cristina Aguiar (Dominican Republic), Mickaël Lebedev (Russian Federation), George Ayache (France), former cabinet member

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, and Patrick Boursin (France) all teach at the CEDS, along with Andrei Gratchev, former spokesperson of Mikhail Gorbachev and member of the World Political Forum.Confidential lecture at the CHEAR - DGA Ministry of Defense March 10th 2005
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Alumni

* Jean-Marc Aractingi- Diplomat * Paul F.J. Aranas - U.S. author and lecturer *

Naela Chohan Naela Chohan (Urdu: نائلہ چوہان, alternative spelling ''Naila Chohan'') (born 6 May 1958 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani ambassador, artist and diplomat. As a seasoned and veteran diplomat, ambassador Chohan has assumed a le ...

- Pakistani diplomat * Michael J. Strauss - U.S. journalist and strategist * Idriss Aberkane - French political thinker and strategist * Khayyam AKBAR - Diplomat, Foreign Service of Pakistan * BGen. Robert Mansour - Lebanon, Military * Julien-Charles Morin - Diplomat and humanitarian, Reserve officer (French Navy)

References

External links

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Official site of HEI-HEP
{{DEFAULTSORT:Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques Postgraduate schools in France